Quotes About Listening

Sometimes it doesn't matter how right you are... sometimes just shutting up is the best course of action.

All communication problems are because we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.

It's not that God never listens, he does, but he listens to our genuine wishes and needs, not to our lusts and fancies.

Do not just ask the Lord, but also think about what the Lord asks of you.

Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am.

Worry less. Smile more. Accept criticism & failure. Appreciate. Listen. Don't hate. Love deeply. Embrace change. Take chances. Be thankful.

Knowledge talks, wisdom listens. Only the wisest and the stupidest of men never change.

The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.

Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.

If my journey was so easy, I would have missed out on life's invaluable lessons. From misery I learnt to comfort those in tears, from lack I learnt to give to the needy; from uncertainty I learnt to understand others and from my silence I learnt to listen to the voiceless.

Sometimes silence is a really good answer.

The greatest secret of life is to hear lessons and not teach them.

To be successful in life, learn to take twice as much advice as you give.

One thing you have to learn in life is that sometimes it's best to just sit down and shut up..

Valuable lesson for everyone today. Open your mind and close your mouth. You will be astonished at what you can learn.

A true man will listen to anyone, no matter how young or old the person. For everyone has a story to tell and a lesson to teach.

Everyone has a story. Be willing to hear it before you judge.

Do not judge me until you know me, Do not underestimate me until you have challenged me, AND do not talk about me until you have talked to me.

Do hugs, not drugs. Spread love, not legs. Respect, don't judge. Listen more, talk less. Understand, don't assume. Forgive and forget.

A friend is someone who knows when to shout, and when to hold you in their arms and let you cry.

Sometimes just being there means more than saying anything at all.

Compassion can be a listening ear and safe space and it can be tough love and clear boundaries. Compassion can be receptive or active and it can be anywhere along that spectrum.

I love my best friend. Every time anything happens to me, she is the first one I want to talk about. The best friend maybe is not perfect but no matter what happens she is the one who I turn to, when I'm down and need an ear.

That moment when you give someone advice, they don't listen to you, then you sit back and watch everything you predicted happen.